WeChat, a leading innovative mobile social communication application, has announced the launch of WeChat 2.5 for BlackBerry® OS 5, OS 6 and OS 7.

“We have an increasing number of WeChat users on BlackBerry smartphones around the world, and we are pleased to offer the latest WeChat 2.5 for current BlackBerry customers” said Dennis Hau, Head of Product Center, International Business Group, Tencent.“The announcement today further extends the reach of WeChat, bringing business users and consumers on BlackBerry smartphones an enriched mobile social experience. We will continue to deliver products and services to fans and users who value the core WeChat commitment to bring a new way to communicate.”

WeChat 2.5 for BlackBerry adds the popular “Shake” location-based service, enabling users to contact other people around the world by shaking their device and starting to chat. WeChat 2.5 now integrates with BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger). All your BBM friends can be added to WeChat contacts with a simple click, and you can share your WeChat ID in a BBM conversation with the built-in menu selection. Sharing images with your friends on BlackBerry is becoming simple and easy. With the new version, users can upload multiple pictures and view pictures they liked in full screen and zoom in.

WeChat 2.5 for BlackBerry is free. Users can text each other, swap voice messages with a “Hold to Talk” feature, as well as share images, music, and videos. WeChat also comes with comprehensive privacy setting functions, which enables users to limit who they share their information with.

WeChat 2.5 for BlackBerry is now available on the BlackBerry® World™ storefront http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/18536566/

About WeChat
WeChat is an innovative mobile social communications application designed for smartphone users. WeChat is free for downloads from app stores running on iOS, Android, Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Phone operating systems*.

WeChat users can add friends by a wide range of innovative actions and methods, including scanning QR codes, connecting users’ Facebook profiles and phone books and activating location-based functions such as “Look Around” and “Shake”. This application enhances social interaction by supporting exchanges of text, voice and video, emoticons, and photos with their friends over data networks. Users can choose to communicate on one-on-one, or within their closed social network through “Moments”.

For more information and application download, please visit www.wechat.com